LPSSA Expo 7/12: Sewers – Get Your Questions Answered

LPSSA EXPO (4:00-7:00 PM); TOWN INFORMATIONAL MEETING (7:00-9:00 PM) On July 12, 2016 at 7:00 PM the Town of Falmouth’s Wastewater Department will host a Little Pond Sewer Service Area (LPSSA) informational meeting at Falmouth High School. In conjunction, the FHMNA will host an informational Expo from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM where members and …

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Heights and Bristol Beaches Now Being Patrolled

A summer police officer has now started foot patrolling the Falmouth Heights Beach, the park area and the Bristol Beach area. Officer David McGraw has been assigned to the Falmouth Heights-Maravista area beaches and parks as a direct result of our members expressing their concerns to Town Officials about the decline in civility on our …

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Large Crowd Attends First FHMNA Social

On Sunday, June 12th, The Falmouth Heights-Maravista Neighborhood Association hosted the “Spring into Summer Social” at The Falmouth Yacht Club.  More than 150 guests enjoyed the beautiful Sunday afternoon weather, delicious food and gorgeous views from The Falmouth Yacht Club’s second floor and deck. Members, their guests, and other neighbors from the Heights and Maravista …

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Perch Pond Update

On 5/18/16, Perch Pond Preservation, Inc., presented more details about their original request to the Conservation Commission (ConCom) to dredge the Perch Pond entrance channel from Great Pond and provide beach nourishment from just north of the Harrington Street boat ramp to just south of the east end of English Street including associated excavating, grading …

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Selectmen Approve Grinder Pump Policy

With a 5-0 unanimous vote on Monday 5/16/16, the Board of Selectmen (BOS) approved a policy regarding the ongoing maintenance of the 700+ grinder pumps that will be installed on half of the properties in the Little Pond Sewer Service Area. Under this policy, the Town will provide emergency power during outages (via a third …

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Beaches and Little Pond Oysters Update

Beach News: All Town beaches are expected to open June 25, 2016, staffing permitting (dependent upon school closings and student life guards being available). Heights Beach: The new stairs to the Heights Beach have been installed.The concession vendor will be back in same spot with the same truck and electrical hook up. He will not …

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Grinder Pump Policy at 4/11/16 Selectmen’s Meeting

On April 11, 2016, the Board of Selectmen again discussed the Grinder Pump maintenance policy based on Article 24, which passed overwhelmingly at the November, 2015 Town meeting advising the Selectmen to establish a maintenance policy for the grinder pumps. See the Falmouth Enterprise article “Town Will Assume Responsibility for Maintaining Grinder Pumps” at http://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/town-will-assume-responsibility-for-maintaining-grinder-pumps/article_d75edc53-9f9e-5a3f-a0f9-830b56278d7b.html …

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ConCom 5/18/16: Perch Pond Dredging, Nourishment of Beach off Great Bay

POSTPONED (“CONTINUED”) UNTIL MAY 18, 2016 Below is an announcement of a Conservation Commission (ConCom) meeting on Wednesday April 13, regarding the dredging of the Perch Pond outlet into Great Pond providing “beach nourishment” to the beach head between Harrington and English Streets. This outlet has been dredged in the past with mixed reviews on …

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Special Town Meeting, 4/5/16, Article 13: PASSED: Little Pond Oyster program

NOTE:  This article passed at Town Meeting on 4/4/16. Please see Article 13 below regarding the Little Pond Oyster Propagation program. If you have any thoughts to share with your Precinct 2 Town Meeting Members, you can access the list of names and contact information at http://www.falmouthmass.us/townmeet/tm18.pdf . SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, April 5, 2016 ARTICLE …

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Selectmen Request Input On Grinder Pump Policy

At the November, 2015 Town Meeting, Article 24 was passed by an overwhelming margin. It advised the Selectmen to create a policy regarding Town ownership and/or maintenance of the 700 grinder pumps required to be installed as part of the Little Pond Sewer Service Area project. On March 21, 2016, the Selectmen heard a presentation …

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